| 1 | Haile Gebrselassie | ETH | |
7:34,71 |
| 2 | Paul Bitok | KEN | |
7:38,84 |
| 3 | Ismail Sghir | MAR | |
7:40,01 |
| 4 | Gennaro di Napoli | ITA | 7:41,05 | |
| 5 | Moses Kiptanui | KEN | 7:41,87 | |
| 6 | John Mayock | GBR | 7:44,31 | |
| 7 | Fita Bayisa | ETH | 7:49,47 | |
| 8 | Elhassan Lahssini | MAR | 7:50,54 | |
| 9 | Anacleto Jimenez | ESP | 7:52,55 | |
| 10 | Sergey Drygin | RUS | 7:56,38 | |
| 11 | Said Chebili | FRA | 7:58,57 | |
| 12 | Massimo Pegoretti | ITA | 8:10,49 |